Description: Review of paper describing Collective Defined Contribution Plans. the elimination of traditional pensions by many companies have left employees without easy access to reliable retirement income Collective Defined Contribution plans which are used to a small extent in the US but more broadly used elsewhere offer an option for consideration.

Description: This article is a review of the book “Public Employee Pension Funds,” by Robert Tilove, published in 1976 by Columbia University Press. The book concentrates on the major public policy issues affecting plans of state and local governments. A more detailed review of this book will be published in the “Transactions.”

Description: Hear from the chairperson on themes in the May 2017 Pension Section News published by the Pension Section.

Description: Update on the activities of the Retirement Plans Experience Committee

Description: This paper is a response to the comments on the Tracker Plan, a concept for U.S. pension reform.

Description: Interview highlighting FINRA research and key points raised with regard to robo-advisors and spending down of pension assets, fraud, and decision making.

Description: This article on pensions and tax expenditures discusses the problems in the development of the numbers provided by the Office of Management and Budget. Tax reform proposals that quantify increases in tax revenue that would result from elimination of tax advantages of qualified pension plans are flawed in the author's opinion.

Description: This 1981 article is a discussion of pension reform in Canada, noting that in the last four years there have five government-commissioned studies, resulting in various recommendations covering government and private sector plans. There was consensus on several conclusions - namely that there is too much poverty among the elderly, particularly women, current vesting and portability rules hurt mobile workers, and inflation needs to be addressed.

Description: A look at recent changes to Canada's social security system - the politics, stakeholder views and implications for retirement readiness.

Description: This presentation was made at the 1975 Spring Cincinnati Joint Meeting of the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice and Society of Actuaries. It addresses the following issues: Participation requirements, minimum vesting standards, joint and survivor annuity benefits, maximum limitations, special problems under offset plans, & impact on defined benefit vs. defined contribution plans. 1975 Record, Vol.1, No.3